What did Grace Paley mean by: The women’s movement was coming, but I didn’t know it in 1956-1957, when I began to write. - Grace Paley Copy
+ To translate a poem from thinking into English takes all night. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, Night, Writing, 0 - Grace Paley
+ Sometimes before people know what they’re saying, they already love the language. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 17, 2024, Grace Paley, Language, 0 - Grace Paley
+ Sometimes you find that what is most personal is also what connects you most strongly with others. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, 0 - Grace Paley
+ That heartbreaking moment when you finish an amazing book, and you are forced to return to reality. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, Book, Heartbreaking, Reality, 0 - Grace Paley
+ You become a writer because you need to become a writer – nothing else. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 17, 2024, Grace Paley, Writing, 0 - Grace Paley
+ You come to doing what you do by not being able to do something. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, 0 - Grace Paley
+ Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, Courage, Rage, 0 - Grace Paley
+ I really believe one of the jobs of a writer is to stretch as far as you can into other voices. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Grace Paley, Believe, Voice, 0 - Grace Paley
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA